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Hierdie gesprek is in die argief. Vra asseblief 'n nuwe vraag as jy hulp nodig het.

I have installed Firefox 4, but it does'nt support my AVG Surf Shield...Firefox 3.6 did support AVG...why is Fire fox 4 different?

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The AVG "Page Status" button is greyed out and can't check for malicious websites

The AVG "Page Status" button is greyed out and can't check for malicious websites

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Your concept of the relationship between Firefox and AVG Surf Shield is backwards. Firefox is the primary application in this situation and AVG decided to make an extension for Firefox; thus AVG is responsible for keeping their extension up to date as Mozilla releases new versions of Firefox.

The AVG anti-virus program works fine without that Surf Shield extension. And AFAIK, that Surf Shield duplicates the Safe Browsing feature that is built into Firefox